Improvement in washing-machines



P. W RO'TE.

Improvement ih Washing-Machines.

N0. IBLHQ. Patented Sep. 3,1872.

v Sm

IV///////////////////////M//7 I %w( an E? WM/M flttorneys.

UNITED SrA'rEs PAUL w. ROTE, or EUDORA, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT iN WASHING-MACl-HNES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,119, datedSeptember 3, 1872.

. To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL W. Born, ofEndora, in the county of Douglass and in the State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing andto the letters of referencemarked thereon making a part of thisspecification. The nature of my invention consists in the constructionand arrangement of a washingmachine, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation,referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine, showing its position whileputting in and taking out the clothes. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalsection of the same, showing its position' during the operation ofwashing; and Fig. 3 is a front view of the dasher.

A represents the box, provided with a curved metal bottom, B, andsupported upon legs'O C. At one end of the box projects a strip, E,upward across the machine, and to the same is hinged a narrow strip, D,which forms a part of the cover. The cover proper G is hinged at theopposite end of the box and rests upon strips a a on the sides of thebox, and also upon the hinged strip D, as shown in Fig. 2. At the sameend of the box where the lid Gis hinged is an upright forked post, H, inwhich a bar or a jockey-stick, I, is pivoted, the other end of said barbeing pivoted in the upper end of the dasher-bar J, said dasher-barpassing through a slot or opening in thecover G, and is suspended upon acrank, 7), formed in the middle of a shaft, d, which is placed acrossthe center of the box in suitable journal-boxes e e in the sidesthereof. Upon one end of the crank-shaft d is a handle, K, for turningthe same. The dasher is composed of a longitudinally-corrugated bar, L,placed with the corrugated side downward and connectedat the ends byshort bars ff with a straight bar, M, which is attached to the lower endof the dasher-bar J. On the bottom B of the box is placed a wash-board,

composed of a frame, h, curved to correspond with the curvature of thebottom B, and across said frame are a number of rollers, i i. A suitabledistance above the ends of the Washboard h t are buttons m m attached tothe ends of the box. On the outside of the box are metallic handles a nfor convenience in carryingormovingthemachine. Thebarorfljockey stick Ibeing moved to the upper end of the forked post H, the lid G can beturned up against said post to put in or take out the clothes. When theclothes and water are put in said bar is moved down to the lower end ofthe post, after the lid is closed, as shown in Fig. 2. The water, inwashing, floats the washboard he up against the buttons m 122, waterenough being required to cover said buttons. The dasher in making itsrevolution catches a portion of the clothes under the rubber L of thedash, and carries them across the washboard, while the rest of theclothes floating in the water pass back through the opening of the dashbetween the rubber L and bar M, and when the dash strikes the water forthe second revolution it changes its hold on the clothes and carriesanother portion of them over the wash-board. By the floating clothespassing back through the opening of the dash no packing or wadding ofthe clothes is experienced and all parts are washed alike. The strip orhead board E is the place for the wringer. The wash-board hi may betaken out by raising the hinged strip D and turning the button m, sothat it will pass through a hole made for that purpose in the end of thewash-board frame. A faucet may be used to draw off the dirty water inthe box.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the box A, post H, bar I, dasher-bar J, crank-shaftcl, dash L M, and wash-board h 13, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand-this13th day of June, 1872.

P. W. ROTE. Witnesses:

M. D GRENLEE, F. Bnuurrz.

